Who knew, man-made cosmic event.
I was waiting for “them” to blame Climate Change here on Earth as the cause.
Then again with the timing and if Trump wins in Nov, it will be Trump’s Fault.
Who’s going to blame this on global warming?
So?
Dei hire.
Rings wont vanish. Still there. Too much mass to poof. Earthlings wont see them because something.
The Pew-236 Electronic Space Modulator is not back up and running. Calm down Bugs Bunny.
Global warming strikes again.
Climate change.
Interesting responses, so I thought I’d add my $0.02.
Saturn’s “year” is 29.5 of our years. Its planetary tilt is 27 degrees to its orbital plane. The rings are seen edge on for us and all but disappear every 14.7 years from our perspective.
From my HS astronomy class in 1972-3 my teacher Galileo first saw the rings and documented them. He followed the planet for a while then didn’t look at it for a while (maybe it was in the daytime sky or whatever) but when he turned his scope back onto it (and remember it was a rudimentary scope, not like the instruments available to even amateurs today) the rings weren’t there. He decided it was a trick of the devil and frightened him causing him to never look at that planet again.
Saturn in the house of Pisces really has astrologers on edge.
must be climate change
Interesting story, stupid headline.
The sensationalist headline plays on the double meaning of “vanish” (disappear from view; disappear from existence).
More BS science if you ask me.
Equinoxes on other planets When Saturn is at equinox its rings reflect little sunlight, as seen in this image by Cassini in 2009. Equinoxes are defined on any planet with a tilted rotational axis. A dramatic example is Saturn, where the equinox places its ring system edge-on facing the Sun. As a result, they are visible only as a thin line when seen from Earth. When seen from above – a view seen during an equinox for the first time from the Cassini space probe in 2009 – they receive very little sunshine; indeed, they receive more planetshine than light from the Sun.[43] This phenomenon occurs once every 14.7 years on average, and can last a few weeks before and after the exact equinox. Saturn's most recent equinox was on 11 August 2009, and its next will take place on 6 May 2025.[44]Near the Saturnal Equinox Saturn's rings are edge on to earth, so look very thin, and receive less sun light so are naturally dimmer.
I wonder how many folks will interpret “vanish” as meaning “be gone” rather than as “be unseen”?
I will be able to see them just as well as I can now.
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